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Dungeness Crab in an Aquarium. The Dungeness crab in the Puget Sound, Washington state is a non-genetically distinct population of Dungeness [1] that has been experiencing severely declining populations in the south sound region since 2013. [2] The cause of the decline is unknown, although it has been determined not to be due to overfishing.
In 2024, California governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation designating the Dungeness crab as California's official state crustacean. The 2022-23 crab season brought revenue of about $54.4 million to the California economy. [26] The annual Dungeness Crab Festival is held in Port Angeles, Washington, each October. [27] [28]
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The start of the commercial Dungeness crab season in California has been delayed for the seventh year in a row to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in trap and buoy lines ...
2024 Washington Initiative 2124 – Proposal to make employee participation in state long-term care program voluntary November 19–20: The November 2024 Northeast Pacific bomb cyclone resulted in over 600,000 people in the Seattle area without electricity, and killed two Washington individuals.
The blue crab, Callinectes sapidus was chosen as the state crustacean of Maryland in 1989. [17] C. sapidus is a crab found in the waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific coast of Central America and the Gulf of Mexico. The blue crab may grow to a carapace width of 230 mm (9.1 in).
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According to Wednesday’s declaration, Fish and Wildlife will reassess commercial crab fishing limitations on or around Jan. 11 to determine if commercial crab fishing can start in the rest of ...